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China and Europe bid for post-LHC collider
The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC in the summer of 2012 set particle physics on a new course of exploration.
J-PET’s plastic revolution
A PET detector based on plastic scintillators offers whole-body imaging in addition to precision tests of fundamental symmetries.
Niobium-tin cavities for smaller accelerators
High-frequency superconducting radio-frequency cavities made from niobium–tin alloy are more efficient than conventional niobium designs.
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In focus: detector technology
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Austrian synchrotron debuts carbon-ion cancer treatment
MedAustron becomes one of six centres worldwide to treat tumours with carbon ions.
Tricky component? Use 3D printing…
Embedded radio-frequency (RF) cavities such as those featured in spiral-shaped cooling channels are one example.
FuSuMaTech initiative levels up
Projects include new designs for MRI gradient coils, the design of 14 and 16 T MRI magnets, and a conceptual design for new mammography magnets.
Accelerator community comes together in Melbourne
The scientific programme was bookended by local Australian-grown talent.
How many protons collided in ATLAS in Run 2?
The uncertainty of several ATLAS Run-1 measurements was dominated by systematic uncertainty on the integrated luminosity.
Dream machine
Muon colliders are both precision and discovery machines, but significant R&D is required before they can be considered candidates for a next collider.
Energy efficiency – a new frontier
Major savings in the energy consumption and cost of accelerators are there for the taking, with potential impact beyond particle physics.
Addressing the outstanding questions
At the European Strategy for Particle Physics, talks covered key questions in the field, and the accelerator, detector and computing technologies necessary to tackle them.
Cross-fertilisation in detector development
More than 300 experts convened from 18-22 February for the 15th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation.
Upping the tempo on wakefield accelerators
Experts from around the world met for the second ALEGRO workshop, to discuss advanced linear-collider concepts at the energy frontier.
Particle colliders: accelerating innovation
Around 100 delegates joined a co-innovation workshop in Liverpool to discuss the strategic R&D programme for a Future Circular Collider.
BELLA sets new record for plasma acceleration
Physicists used a novel scheme to channel 850 TW laser pulses through a 20 cm-long plasma, allowing electron beams to be accelerated to an energy of 7.8 GeV – almost double...
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